Tulsi Gabbard Confronts Adam Schiff Over Russia Collusion Claims

Classified Hearing Overview

• 💡 The video details a classified hearing in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) involving Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, and Senator Adam Schiff.
• 🎯 Gabbard, a combat veteran and former House Intelligence Committee member, confronted Schiff, a former prosecutor and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, regarding his past public statements.
• 📌 The session focused on declassification decisions related to the 2016 election and Russian interference claims.

Challenging Collusion Claims

• 🔑 Gabbard presented transcripts (Exhibit A) of Obama administration officials, including James Clapper and Susan Rice, who testified under oath that they saw no direct empirical evidence of Trump-Russia collusion.
• 💬 She contrasted this with Senator Schiff's public statements from 2017-2019, where he claimed to have seen "more than circumstantial" evidence of collusion.
• ⚖️ Gabbard highlighted the discrepancy between Schiff's witnesses saying "no" to collusion and his public assertion of "yes."

The Steele Dossier and Misinformation

• 📝 Gabbard introduced the Steele Dossier (Exhibit B), explaining it was funded by the Clinton campaign and DNC, and its primary source was later indicted for lying to the FBI.
• ⚠️ She questioned why Schiff read allegations from this dossier into the congressional record on live television without disclosing its partisan funding.
• 🔍 Gabbard cited Inspector General Horowitz's findings of 17 significant errors in FISA applications based on the dossier, leading to the withdrawal of three warrants.

Schiff's Questionable Actions

• 📞 Gabbard revealed a 2017 prank call (Exhibit C) where Schiff spoke for 8 minutes with Russian comedians posing as Ukrainian officials, seeking compromising material on President Trump.
• 🎭 She also exposed Schiff's fabricated quotes (Exhibit D) during a 2019 hearing on the Trump-Zelensky call, where he presented a "dramatization" as actual presidential dialogue without disclosure.
• ✅ Schiff was later censured by the House (HRES 521) for promoting a "false narrative" about Trump-Russia collusion.

The Cost of Distrust

• 🇺🇸 Gabbard, drawing on her military service and combat experience, emphasized the profound damage to public trust when officials "weaponize intelligence for political purposes."
• 💔 She explained her decision to leave the Democratic Party due to this perceived weaponization and the labeling of critics as "Russian assets."
• 🎯 As DNI, Gabbard stated she found "no evidence" of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government after reviewing all classified documents, concluding Schiff presented a "belief" as fact for political gain.